A moment perhaps...

80000 leagues under the sea

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October 8th 2006
Right, So my plan was to back date everything and start the story from the beginning of arriving and make my way smoothly to the present, but this is proving to be far to complicated and I simply am starting to forget what happened. Plus, the greatest weekend so far took place a few weeks ago and I have been putting off writing about it so that I could catch up with myself, but quite frankly ... read more

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In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more